quote:The organization that demanded New Orleans leaders take down Confederate monuments is calling for more statues to be removed in the wake of the Charlottesville attack. Take Em Down NOLA is demanding the City Council to pass an ordinance to remove all Confederate monuments and memorials from the city’s public spaces. The organization that demanded New Orleans leaders take down Confederate monuments is calling for more statues to be removed in the wake of the Charlottesville attack.

Take Em Down NOLA is demanding the City Council to pass an ordinance to remove all Confederate monuments and memorials from the city’s public spaces.

“We call on the City Council to finish the work it began in December 2015, by removing all monuments honoring White Supremacy,” Malcolm Suber said.

TEDN will be joined by the New Orleans Peoples Assembly to hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. Thursday on the steps of City Hall.

The two organizations are hosting a solidary rally and march for the victims of the Charlottesville violence. The event starts at 1 p.m. and organizers will march from Congo Square to Jackson Square.

“We are calling on all people of good will to show solidarity with Charlottesville, Memphis, Durham, Gainesville, and other communities in other states that want to remove the names and statues honoring the treasonous Confederates and white supremacists, who tried to overthrow the U.S. government and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans to preserve slavery for their own economic gain,” a statement from TEDN said.

This. Y'all may think Mitch and the City Council are evil, but they aren't insane. They have their victory on this issue. Given what's going on around the country, why would they reopen this can of worms right now?

re: Take Em Down NOLA demands more statues be removedPosted by Alt26 on 8/17/17 at 6:30 am to roguetiger15

quote:progressives never stop. nothing is ever good enough no matter what they are trying to accomplish. like a slow cancer spreading they will eventually kill this country from the inside.

That's because their entire movement/identity relies on always having a "victim" to fight for. Some "wrong" to right to justify their moral superiority. If they don't have that, they and their political ideology is irrelevant. It's how you start out fighting for the civil rights of black people and women (both noble and necessary endeavors) and end up in 2017 fighting for Transgenders. They needed another "victim" to fight for.